The cycle of cause and effect in the world goes on and on, and who can break free from it.

When those long-forgotten memories were reawakened, I knew that some causes and effects, no matter how much I tried to escape, would eventually face them head-on.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that this day would come so unexpectedly!

This is the past that I have always longed to bury in my heart, karma, I don't know if it is the mercy of God's gift, or the deepest desire of my heart, a fever after my illness, so that my memory only stays at the day when I was nine years old, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Gao Zhen......

Now that I think about it, maybe it was because of the unparalleled pain and despair that those memories made me almost paranoid and unwilling to recall them, and I wanted to forget them all!

In the days after becoming a high god, my life was calm and fulfilling, and the things buried in the depths of my memory seemed to be farther and farther away from me, and even, sometimes, it made me feel as if they had never existed.

But some things have been predestined for a long time, because from that day on, my physical condition and some mental states have become more and more different from ordinary people, such a strange person, suddenly I realized that I am a special and strange child!

......

The familiar and warm temperature passed from the forehead, my heart trembling slightly seemed to be injected with a warm current, and gradually calmed down, I opened my eyes slightly, some sloppy eyes still stayed on my sister's slightly tired face, and met my sister's charming eyes like black jade, I didn't feel a slight smile, my sister's eyes were the same as the eyes of A-Niang in my memory, they were all loving and quiet.

Although this terrible memory once made me break down and lose my mind for a while, once you start to try to muster up the courage to face it, you realize that although this memory is painful, it is not as hopeless as I imagined......

At least, I remembered the appearance of home, the tall and elegant Aya standing under the porch with a scroll in her hand and smiling gently at me and my sister, and the appearance of my mother sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, lovingly watching me and my sister chasing and playing while sewing new clothes for us, and in this memory, my sister was also very doting on me, every time it was my turn to chase her, she would always deliberately slow down her pace, so that I could catch her without much effort, and after hugging my sister, my whole person would laugh happily.

"Sister ......"

This 'sister' seems to have passed through more than ten years of boundaries and isolation, making us all return to the original appearance of childhood.

When I was a child, I chased after my sister like this, shouting 'Sister' over and over again!

Ye Han's eyes were a little moist, and his expression was quite moved, he nodded slightly at me, stroked my face dotingly, and said:

"Sister is here. ”

My heart suddenly became a little sour, my eyes were red, and I said slowly:

"I'm sorry, let Sister ...... Worried about ......"

"No, it's not your fault, it's Sister who is too anxious, but it hurts you......"

I shook my head, and then sat up with the support of my sister, although my face was a little haggard, but my eyes gradually became energetic, because I had realized in my heart that I should not continue to escape, it was time to muster up the courage to face the cruel memories of the past, it was like tearing open the wound that seemed to have been bruised and scabbed again, so that the wound was fully exposed, although it would be very painful, and the blood would not stop, but it was very necessary!

Because as long as you choose to face the pain head-on, no matter how painful the wound is, there will be a day when it will scab over, and the same is true for the wound in the human heart.

"It's not my sister's fault, it's that I'm too cowardly, and I only know how to escape all along. ”

Actually, I know that Sister Ah has been waiting for me to take the initiative to say some things that happened when I was nine years old, because even if I was still young at that time, I was already nine years old, and it was impossible to forget all of them, not to mention that the children of the Xuanyuan Ye family were born smart and agile, had a super strong memory, and had the ability to never forget!

Sister is like this, and so am I.

Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders. And the legendary Xuanyuan Ye family is the door of metaphysics, the best among them, unsurpassed.

It is said that the Ye family of Xuanyuan is proficient in the study of Xuanyuan, the art of vertical and horizontal slashing, the mandate of heaven, the people's hearts, the mystery of heaven and earth, the method of breaking the six paths, all learning is all-encompassing, the Ye family has talents, more emperors, and is better at cultivating the talent of Qilin governance, and has been admired and loved by the emperors of all dynasties, and has high hopes.

But for some reason, the Xuanyuan Ye family is also like a famous family that once bloomed with supreme glory in history, and in the end, they gradually disappeared into the vast historical picture scroll with the decline of the dynasty or the ups and downs of the years, and it is difficult to find a trace again.

As far as Ye Han knew, the ancestors of the Ye family were tired of competing for fame and fortune in the court, intrigue, and wanted to stay away from the court disputes, so they took some of the children of the family who were willing to leave with them to migrate to other places and live in seclusion, and Ye Han's father's lineage was the descendant of the ancestors.

Now that there are only Ye Han and Ye Chen left in the lineage of the Ye family in Xuanyuan, Ye Han can't forget this kind of blood feud no matter what, but she has tried to explore for many years, and always when she finds a clue, the clue will be suddenly interrupted, which makes the truth of this tragedy more and more confusing.

But even what, Ye Han couldn't stop chasing the truth, and now that she had found her long-lost sister, as a survivor of the tragedy that year, Chen'er should know more or less something.

Ye Han gently stroked her sister's face, and let her eyes meet her, as if to confirm whether her sister had really made up her mind to face the terrible things that happened back then, she felt sorry for her sister, but she didn't want to see her sister too weak, because the children of the Xuanyuan Ye family were not so fragile!

"Chen'er, you saw those people, right?"

What kind of people were they in that year, who could make the Xuanyuan Ye family razed to the ground overnight, even if the Xuanyuan Ye family had long been far away from the court, but this did not mean that the Ye family could be bullied at will, the Ye family's century-old prestige, several years of operation, protégés and old friends all over the world, and the court and rivers and lakes all had ears and eyes, it can be said that the Xuanyuan Ye family back then, even from the monarch to the leader of the martial arts, could not shake its status lightly, let alone anyone who could cut off the Ye family overnight!

And the enemy who does this will definitely be a very terrible being!

My gaze suddenly deepened, and the scene in my memory resurfaced in my mind, the battle was so tragic and desperate that my breathing stopped for a while, my chest only felt like a knife twisting, I shook my head with a pale face, and said:

It was a group of people with strange bronze masks, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but they were ruthless, and they were by no means comparable to ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, and everyone in the family couldn't resist them all, and soon the corpses were all over the place, and there was a shocking blood-red color everywhere. At that time, I was practicing in the study to practice the calligraphy that Aya had to practice diligently every day, and suddenly heard the sound of fighting and killing from the front hall, and was terrified, so I ran out of the study to find A-Niang, how did I happen to meet a person dressed in black and wearing a bronze mask, that person saw me and slashed at me with a bloody knife, I was so frightened that I stayed in place, if it wasn't for A-Niang to arrive in time to save me, I was afraid that I would have been killed by the man's knife. ”

As I spoke, cold sweat overflowed from the corners of my forehead.

My sister then took my hand and pressed it on the Hegu acupoint between the tiger's mouth, and gently and slowly refreshed me, and in a moment I felt that I was much better, and then continued:

"Although the man finally died under Ah Niang's sword, Ah Niang was also seriously injured, and her clothes were soaked with blood, I was so frightened that I trembled in Ah Niang's arms, Ah Niang hugged me and told me not to be afraid, and then told me to go north after escaping from the village to find my sister. At this time, Uncle Qiu happened to come over, and A-Niang handed me over to Uncle Qiu and asked him to take me to the secret passage to escape from the village. ”

"But if you want to go to the secret passage, you have to pass through the lobby vestibule, just like that, Ah Niang desperately escorted Uncle Qiu and me all the way to leave, and finally escaped to the door of the secret passage, in order to prevent the group of people from continuing to chase and kill, Ah Niang ordered Uncle Qiu to take me into the secret passage, and she personally put down the secret passage boulder, and left alone to fight with the group of people, at the moment when the boulder gradually fell, I felt that I might be separated from Ah Niang forever, crying and calling Ah Niang, struggling to return to Ah Niang, but Ah Niang asked Uncle Qiu to take me away quickly. The moment the boulder really fell, Uncle Qiu immediately fled with me out of the village......"

Speaking of A-Niang, my sister couldn't help but shed tears, as if they were grinding each other, and the hand holding me became tighter and tighter, and for a while I thought of Uncle Qiu, silently wiped away my tears, and asked:

"Why did Chen'er separate from Uncle Qiu later?"

Two months after the tragedy, Ye Han saw Uncle Qiu, to be precise, Uncle Qiu worked hard to find Ye Han, at that time Uncle Qiu was about to die, he was seriously injured and dying, if it weren't for the safety of the second miss in his heart, he would have been unable to hold on.

When Uncle Qiu finally saw the eldest lady Ye Han with his own eyes, he personally told Ye Han that the second miss could still survive in the world, and asked the eldest lady to find the second miss.

"The killer still chased after Uncle Qiu escaped from the village with me, and fled halfway to Uncle Qiu to hide me in a secret cave in order to lure me away, and told me that if he hadn't come back for the night, let me go all the way north to Luoyang to find my sister. But I waited for Uncle Qiu in the cave all night, and I didn't see Uncle Qiu come back, so I knew at that time that I had to go all the way north to Luoyang on my own to find my sister!"

When Ye Han heard this, his heart was not sour, Chen'er was only nine years old at that time, she had never been out of the house, and she was even more careless, she was alone, how could she know where Luoyang was?

Ye Han suddenly felt extremely lucky, although it had been a full eleven years, she finally got her sister back!

"It's Sister A's bad, it's your suffering so much, it's Sister A's ......"

Talking and talking, my sister sadly rushed over and hugged me tightly, my expression was also very sad, but I felt extremely lucky and satisfied, at least I have lived to the present, not only got Wan'er's love, but also found my sister, God treats me well, I am already very content!

hugged Sister Hui, I shook my head slightly, and continued:

"I don't know where Luoyang is, but I remembered what A-Niang said tightly and walked all the way north. In order to survive, I begged all the way to live, when I was thirsty, I drank river water, stream water, rainwater, and when I was hungry, I also knew how to pick wild fruits, flowers and plants to eat, and finally I learned to go into the water to catch fish, and sometimes I would meet kind-hearted people who gave up a few mouthfuls of leftover food and could still fill their stomachs, and asked others where Luoyang was going and went all the way there. ”

I paused, and with the firmness in my eyes, I said:

"North, I only know, I'm going to Luoyang in the north!"

Sister patted me on the back gently, as if relieved and encouraging, her sister is really amazing!

"It's been about half a month, and I don't know where I've gone. I was tired and tired from walking that day, and because I had not found anything to eat, and it was getting cold again, I shrank into a cart of thatched piles, and fell asleep in a groggy state. When I woke up, I realized that the owner of the thatched cart had sent me to another place that was completely unfamiliar to me. The owner of the car found me, and saw that my little girl was cold and hungry, and she was very dirty, so she gave me two steamed buns to eat, and said that she would take me to a good place where I could have fish and meat to eat at every meal, and not have to go hungry, in the eyes of that person, I saw deceit, selfishness, and greed, and when he was talking to a woman dressed in fancy clothes, I secretly ran away, because I couldn't stop here, and I wanted to go north, to Luoyang, and to find my sister!"

Sister hugged me tightly, her body trembled slightly, and she called sadly:

"Chen'er, my poor Chen'er......"

"In this way, I kept walking all the way north, I don't know where this is, and I don't know if I will go down to Luoyang like this, but I have to go on like this, and I can only go on like this. Until the whole person was so hungry that his steps were vain, until the scene in front of him suddenly turned into a desolate and dead piece, until he experienced Yi Zi and ate it, and the human tragedy like the corpse was staged in front of his eyes......"

When Ye Han heard the words 'Yi Zi eats, and the remains are used for planning', he hurriedly pushed me away, touched my face with both hands, and prevented me from saying any more, saying:

"Don't say it again, Chen'er, don't say it anymore......"

At this time, my tears had already flowed uncontrollably, but I was like a demonic barrier, I didn't listen to my sister's advice, and continued:

"Sister, do you know? That year, the Yellow River flooded, drowning many people, starving many people to death, stinking corpses floating everywhere, and the plague raging also killed many people, but what really killed more people was famine! Have you ever seen a scene where the surrounding mountains are bare, and the ground is full of potholes? Have you ever seen a pedestrian who looks like a walking corpse with withered and weak dry firewood? When a person finally can't stand the hunger and falls to the ground, the people around him flock up and bite the terrible scene of that person's flesh and blood, Sister, have you seen it with your own eyes?"

Sister Ah cried and scolded:

"Don't say any more!"

I couldn't stop crying when I said this, but I still have to keep talking, and if I don't say it, I think I'll go crazy.

"Sister, I've seen it with my own eyes, and, for a moment, I felt like I couldn't hold it anymore, thinking that if I died like this, maybe I could save a few people because of it? Because I really couldn't hold it anymore! Just when I was about to faint on the side of the road, an old man's withered hand brought a small mouthful of rice bran to my mouth, and almost unconsciously, after feeling that it was food, I instinctively grabbed the old man's hand and swallowed the last bit of rice bran in his hand. When I had regained a little strength, the old man pushed me to a bloody man, who dragged me and several other children who looked already weak to a backyard ......"

"It's the beginning of a nightmare, and it's the end of life! It's full of blood, the pool full of blood-stained bones is full of flies and maggots moving back and forth in the water, and there is a foul smell all around, and several fat vicious dogs are chained in one place, and they are frantically fighting to bite the flesh and intestines pulled out of a corpse, and a large cauldron has been erected nearby, and the bottom of the pot is used as firewood from human bones, and the meat steaks in the pot are tumbling back and forth with the boiling hot water......

Later, I learned that at that time, in order to survive, when there was no way to continue, people began to attack the old and weak women and children, and some could not bear it, or exchanged the women and children of other families, or let such a butcher do it, and afterwards a part of it was counted as a reward. And the old man who gave me the rice bran, because he was reluctant to give up the child at home, gave me the last mouthful of rice bran in his family, and gave me to the butcher man as his child......

Sister gritted her teeth and helped me wipe away my tears, but after a while, a touch of red appeared on the corner of her mouth......

"In the face of death, all courtesy, righteousness, shame, and morality have long been extinguished, as long as I can live, there is nothing that cannot be done! I watched the man mutilate a child as old as me like an animal, and at that moment I broke down, and all the feelings of all were gone, and there was only cold despair and insensitivity in my eyes, and I watched the man's footsteps slowly approach me, and I began to accept that cruel fate......

At this moment, my tears seemed to be dry, and I couldn't cry anymore. looked at Sister A blankly, stretched out her hand to carefully wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes for Sister A, and tried to pull her mouth to show a wry smile, wanting Sister A to know that even if she had experienced such a painful thing, now that I have survived, I will be fine.

In addition to tears in Ye Handi's eyes, there was also a sudden killing intent, she suddenly asked coldly, and said:

"Finally, what happened to that person?"

After a moment of silence, I replied:

He died, and at that moment a group of soldiers rushed in and slew the butcher with a single sword, and the remaining children, even the vicious dogs, were killed by the arrows of the soldiers. I, on the other hand, escaped because I was weak and dying in a pool of blood. When the soldiers were gone, I crawled out of the pile of dead people, and survived by eating the flesh of the vicious dogs. As I fled the village, I saw the soldiers setting fire to the village in an attempt to destroy all traces of the place. ”

"After escaping from the village, I continued to walk all the way north, and on the way I was seriously ill, and I was cold and hungry, and fainted on the side of the road, and I happened to meet Gao Town, who had returned to my hometown with his wife and children, and I saw pity in his eyes, and at that moment I knew that this man would give me hope, and when he asked for my name, I deliberately showed my wisdom and received his pity, and he was very happy when he heard it, and said let me be their child, and I agreed. That serious illness has become the best excuse and cover for me to forget all the pain, I keep hinting in my heart, forget it, forget all the qiē, and when I wake up, I really forget everything, from that moment on, I am no longer a child of the Ye family, I have become a child of someone else's family......"

I unabashedly showed my former selfishness and ugliness in front of my sister, in order to live I not only gave up myself, but also gave up my original surname, and became a child of the Gao family, I am an unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial sinner!

"Sister, I'm not worthy of being your sister, let alone a child of the Ye family, I'm a sinner, I deserve to die, I deserve to die......"

When Sister Ah heard this, she slapped her sadly and angrily, without any pity, and said with tears in her eyes:

"Do you know how I have been looking for you for eleven years? Do you know how glad I am that you are still alive in this world? Do you know how happy and relieved I felt when I found you? If you know, how can you say such nonsense that you deserve to die? For Sister A, nothing is more important than the fact that you are still alive, you have done a good job, Aya and A-Niang will not blame you for your ......"

"Sister ......"

I stroked my red and swollen face, and cried and threw myself into my sister's arms, tears streaming like a child.

Sister gently patted my back, with tears in her eyes, and said softly and comfortingly:

"It's okay, it's going to get better, Chen'er and Sister Ah won't be alone anymore in the future, because we have each other, Sister Ah won't let Chen'er suffer anymore......"

I leaned on Sister A's arms, nodded respectfully, wiped my tears, and thought that Sister Ah must have suffered a lot over the years, and I will definitely have to take care of and protect Sister Ah in the future, so I sat up, held Sister A's hand, and prayed:

"Sister, can you promise Chen'er, don't be obsessed with revenge?"

Revenge is also the most deep-rooted obsession deeply rooted in Ye Han's heart, and it is the most primitive motivation for her to survive so far, if she is not allowed to take revenge, then what is the point of her living?

Ye Han didn't answer, just shook his head indifferently.

"No, Sister, this is not only Chen'er's prayer, but also Auntie's wish, at the moment when the boulder is about to fall, Auntie asked me to find Sister, after finding Sister, the two of them will live well......"

When Sister heard this, tears kept falling.

"Even at such a dangerous moment, A-Niang did not let us take revenge, but told us to live well...... Sister Ah has definitely lived a very lonely life over the years, it doesn't matter, now that Sister Ah has Chen'er, Chen'er will definitely protect Sister Ah well in the future, what is the identity of those people, Chen'er will definitely find out, and will definitely seek justice for our Ye family! But Chen'er also hopes that Sister Ah will not only live in hatred in the future, and will not shoulder everything on her shoulders, Chen'er hopes that Sister Ah can live happily! Promise Chen'er, okay?"

Hearing my voice and pleading, Sister finally softened her heart, her sister has grown up, this stupid girl said that she wants to protect herself, nothing will make Ye Han feel more relieved and happy than this.

"Okay, Sister promised you that she would try hard. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but burst into tears, and the two sisters hugged each other with great happiness, encouraging and supporting each other.

......

On the second day, I dressed up as a man, simply packed my bags, and came to say goodbye to my sister.

Because I told my sister that I was going to the land of Jiangbei, crossing the land of Jiangbei occupied by Nan Chen, going to Pengcheng, and then continuing north to bypass Yecheng, the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Jizhou to the north, and then go to Jinyi to join the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The reason why I chose to go around such a big circle and even go deep into the enemy territory is not only because I need to make this trip to Northern Qi, but more importantly, to avoid Duguxin's next pursuit. Although I don't know what Dugu Xin is planning, since he dares to send someone to kill me, then he has to confirm whether I am dead anyway with his cautious nature, so he will definitely send someone to find my body afterwards.

If the body has not been found, how can he not be suspicious, I am afraid that at this moment, he should have already set up an ambush on the road I must pass, and he is just waiting for me to throw myself into the net!

Therefore, it is very unwise to go to join Wan'er from the route of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, not to mention that I have a reason to go to Northern Qi!

Sister A understood my intentions, and allowed me to go to Jianyi in Northern Qi alone, and then personally packed my luggage for me, helped me prepare the coiled wounds, good wound medicine and a talisman short knife on the road, and then gave me a customs clearance token for Mingxiufang!

Sister told me that if I encountered difficulties from the soldiers of Southern Chen in Northern Qi, this token would keep me safe.

Although I was a little curious about why Sister Ah had the token of Ming Xiufang in her hand, when Sister Ah told me that she owed that person a favor in order to find someone to save me, I didn't continue to ask, thinking that next time, I must listen to Sister tell me the story between her and that friend!

Seeing me walking out of the cabin lightly, Sister Ah saw my man's elegant and delicate appearance, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a knowing smile, and said:

"Are you all ready to salute?"

"Well, it's packed. ”

I nodded in response, then took out a folded paper crane from my arms and handed it to my sister, and carefully instructed:

"Sister, I've been missing for many days, Wan'er must have been in a hurry to send someone to look for me, if I see that person and ask Sister to help me hand over this paper crane to that person, and ask that person to transfer the paper crane to Wan'er for me, I don't want Wan'er to worry about ......"

"Are you so sure that she will send someone to look for you, and if she really had the heart, according to her ability, she would have come to find you herself......

I smiled slightly wryly, and then explained:

"It's not that she's unintentional, it's not that she's unwilling, but she can't, because she's not only Her Royal Highness the noble eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty, she's also the young marshal of the Yanyun Dragon Guard, Xiao Jue!"

Hearing this, Sister Ah was silent for a moment, and she didn't seem to expect that there would be such an intricate relationship among them, and Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty, can also be called a dragon and phoenix among people!

Xiao Yu is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes, it seems that such people who serve the country and the people have always been admired by Ye Han in his heart, but he never thought that Xiao Wan was Xiao Jue, but he was also a woman who did not let her eyebrows, and she also killed how many men in this world!

"It's no wonder that our family Chen'er will never forget others, not only will the jade pendant given by others be protected as a life, but also give the family heirloom jade Jue to others as a token of love, Sister gave you the jade flute, I don't see you so precious with you?"

Ye Han said as he spoke, as if he had a bit of vinegar.

I blushed slightly, and said busily:

"Sister Mo is not jealous? Wan'er is Chen'er's daughter-in-law, Sister is Chen'er's closest relative, the palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, Chen'er is distressed and loved, how dare you be partial? ! Sister sent Chen'er's jade flute, Chen'er has already collected it well, and I'm afraid that I will lose it, and I have been putting it in the house as a treasure!"

Ye Han raised his eyebrows, he didn't know that his sister's sleek skills had also been learned, and he couldn't help but worry about Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but also hoped that the eldest princess could take good care of this stubborn sister for herself!

"Oh, it seems that Sister Grande has wronged Chen'er?"

I shook my head hurriedly and said with a smile:

"Don't be wronged, no matter what Sister says about Chen'er, it's all for Chen'er's good, and it's too late for Chen'er to rejoice in her heart......"

Hearing this, Ye Han could only shake his head with a wry smile and sigh.

"Okay, it's not early, let's go, be careful all the way, you have a Mingxiufang customs clearance token, I don't dare to embarrass you when I want to come to Nan Chen, but I have to act cheaply when I get to the land of Northern Qi, don't be willful, you must protect yourself, do you know?"

I nodded, and then respectfully bowed goodbye to my sister and said:

"Sister rest assured, Chen'er wakes up, she will definitely protect herself! Please also ask Sister to take care of herself, don't let Chen'er worry, is Sister going to help your friend next?"

From last night's conversation, I felt that my sister's friend seemed to be in an intractable crisis, because my sister's friend saved my life, and my sister would help her friend out of morality or kindness, so I still hope that my sister and her friend can be safe.

Ye Han couldn't help but be happy and relieved by his sister's intelligence and agility, nodded and said:

"Well, don't worry, after Sister Ah deals with this matter, she will go north to find you, now that the land of Northern Qi is in chaos and people's hearts are fluctuating, you have to be more careful!"

"Chen'er remembers, then I agreed with Sister A here, the next time we meet, I will come with Wan'er to meet Sister A!"

"Okay, it's a deal, let's go!"

After saying that, I bowed respectfully to Sister Ah again, and then under the eyes of Sister Ah, I slowly passed the pedal and got off the boat.

Standing on the shore and waving goodbye to Sister A, who was independent of the deck, I immediately turned around and began a new journey after seeing the gentle smile on my sister's face......